World Geography Unit 2

study of events in time (what happened & when)

• history

• geography

• topography

• cartography

study of the lands surface

• history

• geography

• topography

• cartography

study of maps

• history

• geography

• topography

• cartography

study of space and place (where things happened)

• history

• geography

• topography

• cartography

a- study of earth & it's resources

b- study of man as he lives & uses earth

• a- physical geography

  b- geography

• a- human geography

  b- history

• a- human geography

  b- physical geography

• a- physical geography

  b- human geography

lines of latitude RUN _____ to _____ but MEASURE ______ to ______

• East to West

  North to South

• North to West

  East to South

• North to South

  East to West

• East to South

  West to North

lines of longitude RUN _____ to _____ but MEASURE ______ to ______

• East to West

  North to South

• North to West

  East to South

• North to South

  East to West

• East to South

  West to North

divides earth in 2 halves

• hemisphere

• prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

I summarized Greek understanding of the world in a book titled Geography, I also believed earth was a sphere and calculated its circumference

Who am I?

• Eratosthenes

• Hipparchus

• Ptolemy

• Nicolaus Copernicus

I perfected Eratosthenes's idea of using a grid.

Who am I?

• Eratosthenes

• Hipparchus

• Ptolemy

• Nicolaus Copernicus